

The Street Player
1983-08-06 · 109 min · ★ 7.3
Fares, a shoe factory worker, has only one passion in life: football. He lives a humble life in a chaotic neighborhood where he plays street football to increase his income. However, neither his marriage nor his job is stable enough. He goes through a lot of problems due to his lack of self-discipline with his divorced wife and his son.
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- Directors
- Mohamed Khan
- Production companies
- أفلام الصحبة للإنتاج السينمائي
- Countries
- Egypt
- Status
- Released
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Adel EmamFares
Ferdoos Abdel HamidDalal
Nagah El-MoguiAbdalla
Abdallah FarghalyRizk
Zizi MostafaAziza
Hamdy El WazeerMohsen
Sabry Abdel MonemOfficer
Ibrahim QadryBakr
Farouq YoussefShaaban
Ali Hassanein
Adawy GhaithCaptain Moreau
Sami ElSalamouny
Walaa FaridSuaad
Hanem MohamedUmm Dalal
Samiha TawfiqNargas
Hosny Abdul JalilAnwar
Shokry MansourMahrous
Mohga Abdel RahmanThurya
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